Over a Hundred Years Ago........................

[injin man]

We had the same arguments we are having today about
engine efficiency. The site redirect is about a Steam-Electric
Hydrid Train. Check out the size of the Alternator on this bad boy!

http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/heilmann/heilmann.htm

[admin]

thanks for the link, interesting read.

bob g

[injin man]

I'm still recovering from a Hernia Repair 3 weeks ago (double patch)
and was actually doing a little research on Opposed Cylinder Engines
and this came up. Brown Boveri is now ABB, they built some impressive
equipment 100 years ago.